Early life

Zano was born in Nutley, New Jersey. He lived in Florida as a child. While attending Wellington High School he was active in the drama and television departments. Throughout his junior and senior years, he and his classmates produced a weekly off-beat skit comedy show that aired on the school's television station. While working on the show, Zano also wrote, starred in and directed student films that made their way to the JVC Universal Film Competition, a festival in which over 800 local high schools participate.

Career

Shortly after graduating from high school, Zano moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, and landed a job developing films and television projects for a small production company. During that time, he also was the associate producer for Living Position, a World AIDS Day television special hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips. While selling shoes in a trendy Los Angeles boutique, a customer went back to her office and told her supervisors she'd just met a man who would be a wonderful on-air personality. The woman was an employee at MTV, which led to Zano's hosting job of MTV's Movie House. In 2003, he landed the role of Vince in The WB's sitcom What I Like About You, starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth. Zano made his first appearance in the second season and remained until the fourth and final season, which ended April 24, 2006. Afterwards, he went on to host and executive produce his MTV reality show Why Can't I Be You?.

The following year, Zano appeared alongside Haylie Duff and Frankie Muniz in the independent romantic comedy My Sexiest Year. The film, which received mixed reviews, had its world premiere at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival. In 2008 he appeared in a supporting role opposite Drake Bell in MGM's teen comedy film College. Zano also appeared in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead later that year. In 2009, Zano co-starred in The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the Final Destination film series. He also guest starred on the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, starring Courteney Cox. In 2010, he had a recurring role on The CW's Melrose Place.

In 2011 he started a recurring role on 2 Broke Girls as Johnny, a graffiti artist who regularly flirts with Max (Kat Dennings). In 2011 he also co-starred in the romantic comedy Scents and Sensibility as Brandon. In 2012, Zano scored a recurring role on another CW show, 90210, in which he played a billionaire who goes into business with Annie (Shenae Grimes). Beginning in December 2012, Zano began a recurring role in season three of the ABC sitcom Happy Endings as Pete, Penny's new love interest.

In February 2014, Zano signed on to play the male lead in Liz Feldman and Ellen DeGeneres' NBC comedy pilot One Big Happy. The show centers on Lizzy (played by Elisha Cuthbert), a lesbian who gets pregnant just as her straight male best friend Luke (the father of the child), played by Zano, meets and marries the love of his life, Prudence. The show was ordered to series on May 9, 2014, and will debut mid-season in early 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Catch Me If You Can	James	Uncredited
2004	Fat Albert	Camera salesman
2007	My Sexiest Year	Pierce
2008	College	Tony "Teague" Garrison
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Bryan
2008	Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead	Bobby
2009	Final Destination, TheThe Final Destination	Hunt Wynorski
2011	Scents and Sensibility	Brandon
2011	10 Years	Nick Vanillo
2013	Lost Luck	James

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003-06	What I Like About You	Vince	Main role (seasons 2-4); 54 episodes (Not in every episode)
2005	One Tree Hill	Himself	Episode: "Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking"
2005	Everything You Want	Quinn Andrews	Television film
2007	7th Heaven	Dr. Jonathan Sanderson	3 episodes
2009	Cougar Town	Josh	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2010	Melrose Place	Drew Pragin	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2010-11	Secret Life of the American Teenager, TheThe Secret Life of the American Teenager	Dr. Miller	2 episodes
2011	Drop Dead Diva	Tim Klein	Episode: "Hit and Run"
2011	Desperately Seeking Santa	David Morretti	Television film
2011-12	2 Broke Girls	Johnny	Recurring role; 11 episodes
2012	90210	Preston Hillingsbrook	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2012-13	Happy Endings	Pete	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2014	Mom	David	2 episodes
2014	Friends with Better Lives	Handy Randy	Episode: "Pros and Cons"
2015	One Big Happy	Luke	Main role; 6 episodes
2015	Minority Report	Arthur	Main role; 10 episodes

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